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Teo Fabi
Born	Teodorico Fabi (1955-03-09)9 March 1955 (age 70) Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Relatives	Corrado Fabi (brother)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1982,1984–1987
Teams	Toleman,Brabham,Benetton
Entries	71 (64 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Careerpoints	23
Pole positions	3
Fastest laps	2
First entry	1982 South African Grand Prix
Last entry	1987 Australian Grand Prix
World Sportscar Championship career
Years active	1979–1983,1991
Teams	BMW,Lancia,Martini,Jaguar
Starts	23
Championships	1 (1991)[a]
Wins	2
Podiums	10
Poles	6
Fastest laps	2
Champ Car career
118 races run over 10 years
Best finish	2nd (1983)
First race	1983Dixie 200 (Atlanta)
Last race	1996Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix (Nazareth)
First win	1983Pocono 500 (Pocono)
Last win	1989Red Roof Inns 200 (Mid-Ohio)
Wins Podiums Poles 5 14 10
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1980,1982–1983,1991–1993
Teams	Lancia,Martini,Jaguar,Toyota,Peugeot
Best finish	2nd(1993)
Class wins	0
Championship titles
1983 1979	Pocono 500 NZ Formula Pacific
Awards
1983 1983	CART Rookie of the Year Indy 500 Rookie of the Year

Teodorico "Teo"Fabi (born 9 March 1955) is an Italian formerracing driver, who competed inFormula One from1982 to1987. Insportscar racing, Fabi won theWorld Sportscar Championship in1991 withJaguar.

Born and raised inMilan, Fabi is the older brother of former Formula One driverCorrado Fabi. He claimed pole position in his rookie year at the1983 Indianapolis 500; he was the last rookie to win the pole position until 2025. At the1984 Indianapolis 500, Fabi became the last active Formula One driver to race at the event untilFernando Alonso in2017.^[1]

Fabi was European Karting Champion in 1975 and followed that up with theEuropeanFormula Ford 1600 title in 1977.

Fabi competed inEuropean Formula Three in1978 forForti Corse in aMarch-Toyota. He contested seven races for wins atCircuit Zolder,Dijon-Prenois andAutodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi. He finished fourth in points with 45.

Fabi then competed inEuropean Formula Two in1979 forMarch Racing in aMarch 792-BMW. His best finish was second atCircuit Park Zandvoort. He scored 13 points overall.

Fabi returned to the series in1980 for theICI Roloil Racing Team in aMarch 802-BMW. He scored three wins, at theJim ClarkRennen atHockenheimring, theEifelrennen atNürburgring and thePreis Baden-Württemberg atHockenheimring. He qualified on pole at theGrote Prijs van België Formel 2 atCircuit Zolder and thePreis Baden-Württemberg atHockenheimring, and set fastest lap in the latter on the way to a victory. Fabi ended the season third in points, with 38 points.

Fabi moved toFormula One in1982, driving the No. 36CandyTolemanTG181C-Hart 415T. The team had only qualified twice the previous year, and the season got off to a difficult start when the season-openingSouth African Grand Prix was disrupted by a drivers' strike. Under pressure from Toleman managerAlex Hawkridge, Fabi was the only driver to break the strike (Jochen Mass took no part from the start). His place was then jeopardised when Candy switched support toTyrrell, but he saw out the season. The TG181C was uncompetitive and the team largely focused on lead driverDerek Warwick. This resulted in Fabi only qualifying for six races out of a possible 14. He qualified for theSan Marino Grand Prix, due to theFISA–FOCA war which meant that only 14 cars attempted to qualify for the race. In the race Fabi finished seventh, eight laps down. Fabi qualified for theBelgian Grand Prix, starting and finishing twenty-first. He then failed to qualify at theMonaco Grand Prix before skipping both theDetroit Grand Prix and theCanadian Grand Prix. He failed to qualify at theGerman Grand Prix and theCaesars Palace Grand Prix. His best finish in the remaining races was twentieth at theAustrian Grand Prix, and he left Formula One at the end of the season.

Fabi's Indy car season in1983 rekindled Formula One teams' interest. With help from Italian dairy companyParmalat, which insisted on having an Italian driver in the team, he joined theBrabham team in1984 to drive the No. 2Brabham BT53-BMW as the number two driver to reigning World ChampionNelson Piquet. He also continued to drive in theCART/PPG World Series forForsythe Racing and missed three Grands Prix. In those races his younger brother,Corrado Fabi, drove in his place. The mixed approach led to disappointing results in both categories and mid-season saw Fabi decide to concentrate solely on Formula One. Prior to the change, Fabi's best finish was ninth at the1984 French Grand Prix and his best start was a sixth at theSouth African Grand Prix. His performances improved, including a strong run atItalian Grand Prix where he ran second behind Piquet in the first half of the race before retiring with engine failure, the major problem for Brabham during the year. Fabi scored points on three occasions, with a best finish of third at theDetroit Grand Prix and was twelfth in points with nine.

Brabham dropped Fabi for1985 and he initially struggled to find a team. His profile in Italy allowed him to rejoinToleman (now heavily sponsored by theBenetton Group) when they belatedly joined the championship at theMonaco Grand Prix. Fabi drove the No. 19Toleman Motorsports GroupToleman TG185-Hart 415T. The season got off to a late start because Toleman had lost their supply of tyres whenMichelin pulled out of F1 at the end of 1984. They could not accessGoodyear tyres andPirelli would not supply them as they had broken a contract with the Italian company in mid-1984 and gone with Michelin. Benetton bought both Toleman and theSpirit team and transferred Spirit's Pirelli contract to Toleman. The late start meant the TG185 was never truly reliable, but Fabi's speed lead to the marque's only pole position, at theGerman Grand Prix, at the newNürburgring. Fabi's race was ruined when a slipping clutch meant he was well down the order at the end of the first lap. The team failed to score any points and Fabi only finished twice (even these races were disrupted by mechanical problems).1980 World ChampionAlan Jones (who also used a Hart engine in hisHaas Lola) described it late in the season as "sending a boy to do a man's job" in F1 against the likes ofRenault,Ferrari,BMW,Honda andTAG-Porsche. Fabi's best finish was twelfth at theItalian Grand Prix and he would again go unranked due to not scoring points.

Fabi drove forBenetton Formula in the No. 19Benetton B186-BMW M12 after Toleman were fully taken over before the 1986 season to become Benetton, with powerful (1,400 bhp (1,044 kW; 1,419 PS) qualifying) engines, and talented young AustrianGerhard Berger joining. The Benetton was fast but fragile with difficult Pirelli tyres and Fabi often qualified better than he raced. He managed pole position at theAustrian Grand Prix and theItalian Grand Prix but his best finish was fifth at theSpanish Grand Prix. He gained a reputation for being most competitive on faster circuits and struggling on slower, more technical courses. Both pole positions were at the two fastest circuits on the 1986 calendar, theÖsterreichring and theAutodromo Nazionale Monza. He ended the season fifteenth in points.

Fabi continued at Benetton Formula in1987, driving the No. 19B187-FordCosworthGBA V6 and was joined byThierry Boutsen. While the package was not as fast, it was more consistent, allowing him to score points on five occasions. The Ford V6 suffered from unreliability early in the season due to the use of higher turbo boost in an effort to keep up with the Honda-powered cars fromWilliams andLotus and the TAG-enginedMcLarens. When the boost was reduced from around mid-year, reliability returned but speed was sacrificed. Fabi had a best finish of third, at theAustrian Grand Prix, held at one of Fabi's favourite tracks, theÖsterreichring. During the season Benetton signed young Italian chargerAlessandro Nannini, for the1988 season to partner Boutsen. In Fabi's final Formula One race, at theAustralian Grand Prix, he took his frustration of not being able to find a drive for 1988 out on Boutsen, spending many laps deliberately blocking his teammate and not letting himself be lapped despite the blue flags and orders from the team to move over. When Boutsen confronted Fabi after the race, the Italian angrily told him to "come back and see me when you have a pole position". (Boutsen was third in this race, and ended his career following the1993 season with three wins and one pole position). Fabi ended the season ranked a career-best ninth.

Fabi competed in 71 Formula One Grands Prix. He scored three pole positions, two fastest laps and two thirds in his career, scoring a total of 23 points.

Fabi joined theCART/PPG World Series in1983 forForsythe Racing in the No. 33Skoal BanditMarch 83C-Cosworth DFX. He made his Indy car debut at theKraco Dixie 200 atAtlanta International Speedway, starting ninth and finishing twentieth after retiring after 41 laps due to suspension failure. At theIndianapolis 500 Fabi qualified on pole with a track record speed of 207.395 mph for four laps, and a one-lap record of 208.049 mph. In the process he became the first rookie to qualify on the pole position sinceWalt Faulkner in1950. He led 23 of the first 47 laps before retiring during his second pit stop due to a broken fuel filter. Fabi was credited with twenty-sixth place and won therookie of the year award. Fabi then qualified with pole position at theDana Rex Mays Classic at theWisconsin State Fairgrounds Park Speedway and finished fourth. He won theDomino's Pizza 500 atPocono International Raceway and then theEscort Radar Warnings 200 atMid-Ohio Sports Car Course. He moved into second place in the championship behind veteranAl Unser. He then won theCribari Wines 300K atLaguna Seca Raceway and the championship was decided at the season-endingMiller High Life 150 atPhoenix International Raceway Fabi won pole position, led 138 of 150 laps and won the race to score 22 points. Unser finished fourth for 16 points and took the championship. Fabi won the series' rookie of the year award.

In1984 Fabi returned with Forsythe Racing in their No. 33 Skoal BanditMarch 84C-Cosworth DFX. He qualified third at theToyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and was second at theDana Jimmy Bryan 150 at Phoenix International Raceway. He was eighteenth and nineteenth due to a crash at Long Beach and a blown engine at Phoenix. At theIndianapolis 500 Fabi qualified fourteenth and retired in twenty-fourth place due to a fuel system failure after 104 laps and leading for 14 laps. His best finish was third at theStroh's/G.I. Joe's 200 atPortland International Raceway. Following theBudweiser Cleveland Grand Prix Fabi left Indy car racing to concentrate on the Formula Oneseason. Fabi ended his partial season twenty-fifth in points.

Brabham dropped Fabi for1985Fabi returned to Indy car racing in1988 withPorsche Motorsports in their No. 8Quaker StateMarch 88P-Porsche Indy V8. The Porsche engine was less competitive than theIlmor-Chevrolet and Cosworth engines. Despite the setbacks Fabi managed a best finish of fourth at theBosch Spark Plug Grand Prix atPennsylvania International Raceway. Fabi's return to theIndianapolis 500 was also a disappointment as he qualified seventeenth and finished thirtieth after losing a wheel after 30 laps. He ended the season ranked tenth with 44 points.

In1989 Fabi drove the No. 8 Quaker StateMarch 89P-Porsche Indy V8. The engine and team began to compete regularly for wins with Fabi qualifying on pole at the Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 at Portland International Raceway and theRed Roof Inns 200 atMid-Ohio Sports Car Course where he led for 71 of 84 laps to get what would be his last Indy car victory. The engine also began to be competitive on the ovals, as highlighted by a second at theMarlboro 500 atMichigan International Speedway. At theIndianapolis 500 Fabi qualified thirteenth and again finished thirtieth after retiring due to ignition problems after 23 laps. After his Mid-Ohio victory Fabi moved into third place in points. At the final two races of the season, theFirestone Indy 225 at Pennsylvania International Raceway and theChampion Spark Plug 300K at Laguna Seca Raceway, Fabi retired due to handling issues at Nazareth and a crash at Laguna Seca. At the end of the season he was fourth with 141 points.

Fabi returned with Porsche Motorsports in1990 to drive their No. 4Foster's-Quaker StateMarch 90P-Porsche Indy V8. Prior to the start of the season Porsche was going to build an all carbon fibre chassis with their constructor, March Engineering. In January, Porsche's competitors voted against the use of the car and as a result Porsche had to use the year-old March 89P chassis.^[2] Fabi qualified seventh at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on the but finished tenth. A new March 90P was used at theIndianapolis 500 and Fabi started twenty-third and retired in eighteenth due to transmission problems after 162 laps. Fabi later qualified on pole position for theTexaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Denver.He led one lap but crashed after seven laps and finished twenty-seventh. Fabi achieved a best finish of third, at theMarlboro Grand Prix at the Meadowlands, atMeadowlands Sports Complex, and ended the season fourteenth in points. At the end of the season Porsche withdrew from Indy car racing so Fabi moved to theWorld Sportscar Championship in1991 and won the championship.

In1992 Fabi drove at theITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit atBelle Isle Park to substitute forMario Andretti who suffered injuries at theIndianapolis 500. He drove forNewman-Haas Racing in their No. 2 Texaco Havoline/K MartLola T92/00-Ford Cosworth XB. He qualified third and finished sixth.

Fabi moved toHall VDS Racing for1993 in the No. 8PennzoilLola T93/00-Ilmor-Chevrolet Indy V8 265C, achieving a best finish of fourth at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. After the race Fabi was third in points, 10 points out of the lead behindNigel Mansell and Mario Andretti. At theIndianapolis 500 Fabi started seventeenth and finished ninth. After Long Beach his best finish was sixth, at theMarlboro 500, at Michigan International Speedway. Fabi ended up eleventh with 64 points.

For1994 Fabi drove for the re-organized Hall Racing (VDS Racing withdrew from the team following 1993) in the No. 11PennzoilReynard 94i-Ilmor Indy V8. During the season Fabi's best finishes were a trio of thirds, at the ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit, the Marlboro 500 at Michigan International Speedway and theTexaco/Havoline 200 atRoad America. Fabi qualified twenty-fourth for theIndianapolis 500 and finished seventh, his best result in the race. He was ninth in points with 79.

In1995 Fabi returned with Forsythe Racing in the No. 33Combustion Engineering/IndeckReynard 95i-Ford Cosworth XB. He had a best finish of third, at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. At theIndianapolis 500 Fabi started fifteenth and finished eighth. Fabi won pole at theMiller Genuine Draft 200 at theMilwaukee Mile, led for 27 laps but finished fourth, two laps down. At theNew England 200 atNew Hampshire Motor Speedway Fabi qualified second and led for 42 laps, only to finish twelfth, four laps down. He also started second at the Marlboro 500 at Michigan International Speedway, and finished fourth. He ended the season ninth with 83 points.

Fabi was unable to get a car to drive for1996 as Forsythe Racing hiredIndy Lights driverGreg Moore. He was to drive forPacWest Racing in their No. 18MotorolaReynard 96i-Ford Cosworth XD to replaceMark Blundell, who was injured at theIndyCar Rio 400 atAutódromo de Jacarepaguá. He did compete in theToyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and theBosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Nazareth Speedway. In both races he qualified nineteenth, and finished eighteenth at Long Beach. Blundell returned for theU.S. 500 at Michigan International Speedway and Fabi was withdrawn from the car. Fabi scored no points for the first time in his career and finished thirty-sixth.

Fabi competed inCan-Am in1981 forNewman Freeman Racing in their No. 6BudweiserMarch 817-ChevroletV8. He took four wins, atMosport Park (twice),Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course andLaguna Seca Raceway. He finish second in points with 456 points.^[3]

Fabi began competing in theWorld Sportscar Championship in1980 forScuderia Lancia Corse in the No. 51Lancia Beta Monte Carlo-Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4 for the Group 5 class at the24 Hours of Le Mans withHans Heyer andBernard Darniche. In the race, the car started twenty-sixth but retired after six laps with oil pump failure.

He returned to the series in1982 forMartini Racing in the No. 51LanciaLC1-Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4. Fabi would win the1000km of Nürburgring at theNürburgring withMichele Alboreto andRiccardo Patrese. Fabi also competed in the Group 6 class of the24 Hours of Le Mans in the same car with Alboreto andRolf Stommelen. The car qualified fourth but finished thirty-fourth after retiring on their ninety-second lap due to engine failure. He ended the season ranked fourth with 66 points.

In1983 Fabi drove the No. 4MartiniPorsche 956 in the No. 4LanciaLC2-Ferrari 268C 2.6L Turbo V8. He won the1000km of Imola at theAutodromo Dino Ferrari withHans Heyer. The team eventually had involvement fromLancia and the car became aLanciaLC2-Lancia 268C 2.6L Turbo V8 and he drove this car in the24 Hours of Le Mans withMichele Alboreto andAlessandro Nannini in the C Class. The car started second but finished forty-sixth after retiring after 27 laps with gearbox failure. Fabi then drove the team's second car, No. 5 which started fourth and finished thirty-sixth after retiring after 121 laps due to fuel pressure problems. Fabi's win at Imola did not count towards theWorld Endurance Championship for Drivers and as a result he was unranked in the championship.

After the1990 IndyCar season proved to be a backward step he returned to the series in1991 withTom Walkinshaw Racing/Silk CutJaguar in the No. 34Jaguar XJR-12 andJaguar XJR-14. Fabi won theCastrol BRDC Empire Trophy at theSilverstone Circuit withDerek Warwick. At the24 Hours of Le Mans in the team'sJaguar XJR-12-Jaguar 7.4L V12 withBob Wollek andKenny Acheson for the C2 class. In the race the car started twenty-seventh and finished third with 358 laps complete. Fabi went on to win the World Endurance Championship for Drivers with 86 points.

Fabi competed in the24 Hours of Le Mans forToyotaTeam Tom's in the No. 8Toyota TS010-Toyota RV10 3.5L V10 withJan Lammers andAndy Wallace in the C1 Class. They started fourth and finished eighth, with 331 laps completed, and fifth in class. Fabi ended the season twenty-seventh in points with eight points.

The1993 24 Hours of Le Mans was held without a championship for points to go to after the collapse of theWorld Sportscar Championship and as a result the race was run as a standalone event. Fabi drove forPeugeot Talbot Sport in their No. 1Peugeot 905 Evo 1B-Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10 withThierry Boutsen andYannick Dalmas in the C1 Class. They started and finished second overall, with 374 laps completed, and were also second in class.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

^† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1980	Gr.5	51	P	Lancia Beta Monte Carlo Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4	Scuderia Lancia Corse	Hans Heyer Bernard Darniche	6	DNF	DNF
1982	Gr.6	51	P	Lancia LC1 Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4	Martini Racing	Michele Alboreto Rolf Stommelen	92	DNF	DNF
1983	C	4	D	Lancia LC2 Ferrari 268C 2.6L Turbo V8	MartiniLancia	Michele Alboreto Alessandro Nannini	27	DNF	DNF
1991	C2	34	G	Jaguar XJR-12 Jaguar 7.4L V12	Silk CutJaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Bob Wollek Kenny Acheson	358	3rd	3rd
1992	C1	8	G	Toyota TS010 Toyota RV10 3.5L V10	ToyotaTeam Tom's	Jan Lammers Andy Wallace	331	8th	5th
1993	C1	1	M	Peugeot 905 Evo 1B Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Thierry Boutsen Yannick Dalmas	374	2nd	2nd
Source:[4][7]

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position)

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